Dhenkanal is one of district of Odisha in India. There are 13 Taluks, 1208 villages and 5 towns in Dhenkanal district.
As per the Census India 2011, Dhenkanal district has 279364 households, population of 1192811 of which 612593 are males and 580218 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 139096 which is 11.66% of total population.
The sex-ratio of Dhenkanal district is around
947 compared to
979 which is average of Odisha state. The literacy rate of Dhenkanal district is 69.58% out of which 75.76% males are literate and 63.05% females are literate. The total area of Dhenkanal is 4452 sq.km with population density of 268 per sq.km.
Out of total population, 90.15% of population lives in Urban area and 9.85% lives in Rural area. There are 19.62% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 13.59% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Dhenkanal district.
Dhenkanal Religion Population
Description | Population | Percentage |
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Total | 1192811 | 100% |
Hindu | 1185542 | 99.39% |
Muslim | 4805 | 0.4% |
Religion not stated | 1069 | 0.09% |
Christian | 727 | 0.06% |
Buddhist | 366 | 0.03% |
Other religions and persuasions | 139 | 0.01% |
Sikh | 124 | 0.01% |
Jain | 39 | 0% |
Dhenkanal Urban & Rural Population
Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area
Description | Urban | Rural |
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Area(sq.km) | 68.18 | 4383.82 |
Number of households | 25918 | 253446 |
Total Population | 117506 | 1075305 |
Population (%) | 52.14% | 48.73% |
Male Population | 61267 | 551326 |
Female Population | 56239 | 523979 |
Sex Ratio | 918 | 950 |
Literacy (%) | 80.33% | 68.4% |
List of Taluks in Dhenkanal
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